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Be Heard: Campus Community Survey

Fourth iPad and more gift cards awarded

The Davis campus has awarded its fourth and final set of prizes — an iPad and 35 gift cards — in the Campus Community Survey, choosing the winners from among students, staff and faculty who completed the survey.

Also today (March 12), the survey team reported a response rate so far of 36.6 percent for the Davis and Sacramento campuses combined. The survey officially closes Friday.

More prizes are still to come from the UC Office of the President, which is waiting for the survey to close all around the system.

The Davis campus gave away four iPads, the last one to Kevin Vellanoweth, a programmer in Administrative and Resource Management.

Week 4 gift card winners:

James Chan, faculty

Mary Flint, faculty

Angela Ignoffo, undergraduate

Fany Vanegas, undergraduate

Ana Grodzki, faculty

Katherine Benedict, staff

John Roth, faculty

Xiangyu Kong, graduate-professional

Aaron Pereira, undergraduate

Alan Olmstead, faculty

Elizabeth Bishop, staff

Elbridge Puckett, faculty

Brian Slininger, graduate-professional

Gerald Miller, staff

Daniel Sperka, staff

Ines Hernandez-Avila, faculty

Chan Saetern, undergraduate

Robert Burnett, staff

Ong Ming Ee, graduate-professional

Rebecca Fong, undergraduate

Nick Valvo, graduate-professional

Sarah Higgins, graduate-professional

Eric Rauchway, faculty

George Roussas, faculty

Randolph Siverson, faculty

Zhengmao Liu, graduate-professional

Pia van Benthem, staff

Gail Goodman, faculty

Downey Her, undergraduate

Cristina Sandoval, undergraduate

Michael Winter, staff

Manuel Gomez Navarro, graduate-professional

Adam Blattler, graduate-professional

Igor Vorobyov, staff

Christine Austin, undergraduate

Geology research associate wins iPad

The Campus Community Survey by the numbers:

• 28 percent response rate combined for the Davis and Sacramento campuses, as of this morning (Feb. 25).

• 105 gift cards awarded on the Davis campus — each worth $25.

• 3 iPads given away on the Davis campus, the third one today to Gregory Baxter, staff research associate in the Department of Geology. “It was quite a surprise,” he said by email. “I didn’t really pay any attention to the incentives-prizes for completing the survey, so winning something was totally unexpected.

“I think the survey’s goals are admirable and the survey seemed very comprehensive and thorough.”

Baxter is a UC Davis alumnus, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in geology in 1995 and going to work for the department soon thereafter.

He is in charge of the Thin Section Laboratory, where his work “entails making various types of polished mounts of rocks, minerals, shells and synthetic compounds for investigation-analysis using microscopes, electron microprobe, laser ablation mass spectroscopy, etc.”

“Essentially, I do specialized preparations of materials so that researchers can do their research.”

There are more prizes to come in Davis campus and systemwide drawings, all meant to encourage participation in the survey. See all the prizesfor the Davis and Sacramento campuses, and the prizes to be awarded systemwide.

Week 3 gift card winners:

Sebastian Winter, staff

Ning Pan, faculty

Andrea Lingenfelter, faculty

Larry Cowgill, faculty

Paul Doty, staff

Marcia Booth, staff

Michael Kent, faculty

Chun Su, undergraduate

Kelsey Zoller, undergraduate

Weiling Zhu, undergraduate

Mindy Nelson, graduate-professional

Charles Brummitt, graduate-professional

Monica Beamish, staff

Allison Dedrick, graduate-professional

Daniel Tecson, undergraduate

Jean VanderGheynst, faculty

Jonathan White, undergraduate

Michelle Baker, staff

Stephanie Maroney, graduate-professional

Jenella Loye, staff

Rebecca Douglas, undergraduate

Ann Orel, faculty

Prabhakara Choudary, faculty

Melinda Curry, staff

Sydney Vergis, graduate-professional

Jaspreet Kaur, undergraduate

Romina Sacchi, staff

Mitchell Olson, graduate-professional

Victor Cairel, undergraduate

Susan Pike, graduate-professional

Kerry Enright, faculty

Derek Gagnon, graduate-professional

Sandra McPherson, faculty

Nathan Sistek, undergraduate

Aurora Flanagan, graduate-professional

Another iPad, more gift cards awarded

Ben Emerzian, a third-year student from Fresno, didn’t wait long to pick up the iPad he won in the second prize drawing for people who have completed the Campus Community Survey.

He visited the Office of Campus Community Relations within hours of getting an email notifying him of his win. But he hesitated when asked to take off the plastic wrap and open the box so he could hold up his iPad for a photo.

“I’m thinking about selling it to help pay for tuition,” said Emerzian, who is majoring in psychology.

Undergraduates who complete the survey also have a shot at a $10,000 scholarship, to be awarded somewhere in the UC system once the survey closes.

For now, UC Davis is holding prize drawings of its own to give away a total of four iPads and 140 gift cards, each worth $25: Aggie gift cards, UC Davis Stores gift cards and others for Starbucks and restaurants, iTunes and gas. See all the prizesfor the Davis and Sacramento campuses, and the prizes to be awarded systemwide.

Week 2 gift card winners:

Michael Clearwater, graduate-professional

Charrise Newkirk, undergraduate

D. Michael Ramos, graduate-professional

Audra Wilson, staff

James Murray, faculty

Tingjuan Gao, faculty

Danielle Gordillo, staff

Paul-Michael Sosa, staff

Annika Carlson, graduate-professional

Montserrat Castaneda, undergraduate

Andee Press-Dawson, staff

Brenda Schildgen, faculty

Emily Hubbard, undergraduate

Anhthy Nguyen, undergraduate

Sheung Wah Lim, undergraduate

Leslie Flores, undergraduate

David Maggs, faculty

Abigail Thompson, faculty

Matthew Matuszak, staff

John Bruhn, faculty

Claire Ucler, graduate-professional

Amin Afshar, graduate-professional

Laura Sawyer, staff

Galina Malovichko, graduate-professional

Qifeng Liao, graduate-professional

Ibrahim Abdallah, staff

Matthew Stratton, faculty

Amber Sanchez, graduate-professional

Rachel Myers, undergraduate

Leslie Baehr, staff

Elyse Lord, faculty

Juan Pablo Toro, graduate-professional

Kelsey Frey, undergraduate

Susan Keen, faculty

Laura Flynn, graduate-professional

1st set of prize winners announced

“Be Heard!” That is the rallying cry for the Campus Community Survey, which is gathering a variety of data related to work, life and learning.

“We want to know about your experiences and what we can do to make them better,” said Rahim Reed, associate executive vice chancellor for Campus Community Relations.

That is reason enough to take the survey. But, if you need more incentive, how about an iPad or a $25 gift card, or a scholarship or research grant or a training grant? See all the prizes for the Davis and Sacramento campuses, and the prizes to be awarded systemwide.

Random drawings determine the winners, from among people who have taken the survey.

The Davis campus is awarding prizes throughout the survey. Thursday (Feb. 7), one week in, the Office of Campus Community Relations announced the first set of winners.

Top prize of an iPad went to Kathy Henderson, director of prospect management and research in the Office of University Development.